The 5' region of the tryptophan hydroxylase gene: Mutation search and association study with alcoholism

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 106, Issue 9-10, 1999, Pages 1017-1025

  Ishiguro, H ^a   Saito, T ^b   Shibuya, H ^c   Toru, M ^c   Arinami, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b University Sapporo   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; IVS7 + 218 A > C polymorphism; Promoter and 5' untranslated region; Tryptophan hydroxylase; Variation polymorphism

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INTRON; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 0032700507     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007020050220     Document Type: Article

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